You're in the same ecoregion as I am...
https://www.nwf.org/-/media/Do...
Pretty impressive that oaks are supposed to host 436 different caterpillars!
I have a yard full of oak...
Goldenrod provides pollen for 42 different bees!
And the woodland perennial sunflowers!
I'm seeing bees and butterflies at my house... Even saw a ladybug yesterday!
Easier at my house, where I'm not starting from a big patch of turf... Where I've left all the natural stuff growing... (except for where I've turned soil to grow veggies... And... even there... left stuff standing...)
For me... a case of walking around with the plant list to identify all the keystone plants that are already here...
I liked how in the video... Dude pooh poohed those bozos that insist that there's something wrong with black walnuts....
And... how we should plant lots of the trees affected by the imported diseases in hopes of discovering tolerance...
